RE: Sprint peering policy

[David Schwartz <davids () webmaster com>]

On Mon, 1 Jul 2002 13:22:25 -0400, Phil Rosenthal wrote:
> But if you were hungrier, and they were the only place that had food,
> they *COULD* charge whatever they want, and you'd be willing to pay it,
> no?
>
> --Phil

        Obviously any business would like to get the highest possible price for
anything they sell and not one dollar less. On the other hand, if a deal
provides any net benefit, once all costs are taken into account, a rational
company will take it.

        So if company X refuses a deal that provides it a net benefit just because
company Y gets more out of it than company X, and as a result company Y goes
to company Z instead, company X has acted foolishly and irrationally.

        DS